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Race & Ethnicity

Bufus Outlaw, 93, (right) and Theodore Jackson, 83, hang out in Outlaw's garage in Gray's Ferry. Although they weren't alive for the 1918 riots, they have seen the results ripple through their neighborhood to the present.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

A 1918 ‘race war’ and its ties to Philadelphia’s present

Stop and frisk. Changing demographics. A fishy police shooting. Inside a 1918 race riot in Grays Ferry and its parallels to the present.

8 years ago

Listen 6:34
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Suspended N.J. radio hosts apologize for calling state attorney general ‘turban man’

A New Jersey radio station has taken two hosts off the air after they called the state’s attorney general, a practicing Sikh, “turban man.”

8 years ago

Listen 3:24
In this May 7, 2018 photo, Philadelphia 76ers' co-owner Michael Rubin, center, talks with rappers Lil Uzi Vert, left, and Meek Mill during the first half of Game 4 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Courts & Law

Sports apparel company with Philly tie accused of racial discrimination

The federal complaint accuses the company of harassing and retaliating against a longtime employee because he is black — and favoring white employees over black employees.

8 years ago

Karen Korematsu  addressed a group of teachers about her father's legal battle against internment during World War II. Her talk was given at the nonpartisan Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Spreading the legacy of Fred Korematsu, U.S. internment camp objector

Japanese-American's case referenced in U.S. Supreme Court opinion allowing President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several Muslim-majority countries

8 years ago

Listen 2:34
Miami Dolphins players kneel during the national anthem before their game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on Nov. 13, 2017, in Charlotte, N.C. (Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

NFL, players agree to temporarily halt enforcement of anthem protest rules

The new league policy requiring athletes and staff to "stand and show respect for the flag and the Anthem" on the field was announced in May.

8 years ago

A screengrab of a cellphone video of the arrest of a Philly teen after Zoo security called the police earlier this month (Facebook)
Community

Following arrest of black teen at Philly Zoo, staff rules under review

Video of the incident went viral. It was seen as another example of the over-policing of black youths and the misuse of law enforcement by white people.

8 years ago

Special education teacher Ben Slater describes his Father's Day at Dorney Park, where he was detained by security guards who accused him of stealing, then banned from the park for six months.
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Through personal experience, Philly educators teach about racial profiling

In Philadelphia, panel members tell their stories and plan to collect more accounts of racial profiling for a book.

8 years ago

Listen 3:37
Victor Galvan uses a bullhorn to lead chants during an immigration rally and protest in Civic Center Park Saturday, June 30, 2018, in downtown Denver. The protest was one of hundreds staged nationwide that has brought liberal activists, parents and first-time protesters--motivated by accounts of children separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border--to press President Donald Trump to reunite families quickly. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

What makes an activist?

Guests: Lauren Duncan, Mary Frances Berry What makes an activist? What fuels their passion and drives them to cha ...

Air Date: July 16, 2018 12:00 am

Listen 48:55


Pedestrians walk outside the closed Spruce St. Starbucks store on May 29, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

When calling the po-po is a no-no

8 years ago

This undated photo shows Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old black Chicago boy, who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in 1955 after he allegedly whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. The federal government has reopened its investigation into the slaying of Till, the black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi helped inspire the civil rights movement more than 60 years ago. (AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

‘New information’ prompts U.S. to reopen Emmett Till case

A year after a book on the killing of black teen Emmett Till revealed that a key figure in the case acknowledged lying, the federal government has reopened its investigation.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Community

Philadelphia’s legacy of slavery

Guests: Kathleen Brown, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Kenyatta Johnson In 2016, several major universities founded in t ...

Air Date: July 12, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:58
Seth Grossman is a Republican congressional candidate in South Jersey. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

National GOP disowns South Jersey congressional candidate Seth Grossman

The Republican National Congressional Committee says New Jersey candidate Seth Grossman should reconsider his candidacy, saying bigotry has no place in Congress.

8 years ago

Listen 2:33
(Rob Dobi for NPR)
NPR
Education

Here’s what’s going on with affirmative action and school admissions

Here's a rundown of the facts in place, and the latest developments.

8 years ago

Michael Miselis, standing in the crowd with both arms raised, was front and center during the violence in Charlottesville last summer. Miselis holds a national security clearance for his work with defense contractor Northrop Grumman. (Edu Bayer, special to ProPublica)
Community
ProPublica

After being exposed as a member of a violent white supremacist group, Michael Miselis has lost his job

Michael Miselis took part in the violent Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. So far, it hasn’t damaged his standing at Northrop Grumman.

8 years ago

Artist Didier William pauses in his studio at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Art of the Caribbean diaspora comes together at PAFA

Two artists — one Haitian, one Cuban — collaborate on "Swarm," an exhibition about the Caribbean diaspora.

8 years ago

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